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Impressive, Rik.

That is avery nice build, well done. Looking forward to seeing the rake,once you've done the others.

It occurs to me that there may be a suitable size commercial moulding available that could be used to form the tank side profile, then fix it to a ply frame and skin it with thin polystyrene sheet. If you, or a mate, have a router table, it may be easier to just make a piece of custom moulding. Loo...

Interesting Peter, thanks.
What are they made of?
In design terms they look reminiscent of Festiniog couplings, although I'm no expert.

The painting and decorating just looks so crisp. Beautifully done.

That looks excellent Steve.

Andrew, Thanks for enlightening us all on the subject of trains and taillamps! None of us are about to get a visit from the 'Man from the Min' - although watch out for Inspector Isles (where has he got to by the way?). Well actually Mr Isles went missing in action several years ago and after an exha...

I always think of an engine running light as a "light loco"... therefore it's a 'loco' as far as I'm concerned. Of course, in this day and age of ubiquitous multiple unit passenger trains, diesel or electric, the concept of a separate engine and train is pretty odd to anyone less than abou...

Looking good. That tank will be fabulous once you've sorted the printer issues.

Thanks. I guessed it would be something along those lines.

Looking good. How many print parts are there? i.e stl's

What are you doing about chassis etc? I assume you'll build your own frames but what about motor, gears etc?

ge_rik wrote: ↑Mon Jan 18, 2021 7:44 pm
That's me on the left

Notta lotta peeple know dat!

That doesn't look too bad at all.

I've often thought about doing a tram loco but never got around to it, so will follow this closely.

Trevor Thompson wrote: ↑Sun Jan 17, 2021 8:56 pm

Any advice on resin printing coupling rods?

Just noticed this. I really don't know never having tried anything like this with the resin printer, but my immediate thought is that standard resin would be too brittle to work well in a stressful situation like coupling rods?

That does look very nice.
What would set it off but test your steady hand would be some gold lining on the edge of the blue.

ge_rik wrote: ↑Mon Jan 18, 2021 7:18 am

Somehow, I can't see there will be a need for something similar on the Peckforton Light Railway

Maybe you could do a portable ski slope?

Love the drawings, beautiful job. First prints look good too, especially the wheels.

It will be interesting to see how the motion comes out. I wouldn't be to concerend about the connecting rods but not so sure about the piston rods?

I like the blue & cream with a black line, but personally I think to paint the whole overlay black would be way over the top.

ge_rik wrote: ↑Wed Jan 13, 2021 11:04 am

Phil.P wrote: ↑Tue Jan 12, 2021 8:05 pm Presumably, Atco were working on an early form of hover mower!?

Too subtle for me, Phil

Rik

I think he has conflated "he worked at Stansted aerodrome" with " mowers for Atco."

My problem is that I have a container full of miscellaneous nuts, bolts, washers and screws and have no idea what they are. Whenever I need one, I dip into it, find a bolt of about the right dimensions and then fish around trying various nuts until one fits (a Cinderella moment!). :lol: I have one ...